Saturday 4/15/23
x Lizards 15 at Lizards Liquid Lounge
7:00 The Queen of Harpies
8:00 Just Desserts
9:15 The Buckstops
10:15 Taco Wagon
11:15 The Acoustipunks
12:00m Late Night Karaoke
x 12:00n 8th Anniversary Party with Pollo Lucas, Western Elstons at Blue Island Beer Co
x 6:00 Beth Bombara at FitzGeralds Sidebar
x 6:30 Rachel Drew & Rob Newhouse at Exit Strategy Brewing Forest Park
x 7:00 Western Elstons at Blue Island Beer Co Way Back
x 7:00 Asleep at the Wheel with Brennen Leigh, Joshua Hedley at Des Plaines Theatre, $49-89
x 7:00 Naomi Ashley & Jon Williams at Take Flight Spirits Skokie
x 7:30 Chris Smither, Paul Cebar at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $30
x 8:00 The Belle Rangers, I Guess So, Richard Gans at Montrose Saloon, $10
x 8:00 Donna Adler and Kent Rose at Jarvis Square Pottery
x 8:00 Cosmic Country Showcase with Honey Harper, hosted by Andrew Sa at Cactus Club Milwaukee, $14-16
x 8:30 Red Elvises at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20
x 8:30 Judson Claiborne, Garden Parties at Hideout, $12-15
x 9:00 Gerald Dowd Song of the Month Club turns One at FitzGeralds Sidebar
x Lizards 15 at Lizards Liquid Lounge
7:00 The Queen of Harpies
8:00 Just Desserts
9:15 The Buckstops
10:15 Taco Wagon
11:15 The Acoustipunks
12:00m Late Night Karaoke
9:00a-4:00 Baskets in the Blossoms Disc Golf Tournament at Jackson Park
11:00a Bluegrass Brunch at Beat Kitchen
11:00a Master Class: Linda May Han Oh and Fabian Almazan at Logan Center Performance Hall, University of Chicago, RSVP
x 12:00n 8th Anniversary Party with Pollo Lucas, Western Elstons at Blue Island Beer Co
12:00n Miss Barbara Clifford & The Shakin' Tailfeathers at FitzGeralds Nightclub, Blues Brunch
12:00n Mr Dave Brunch & Beats at City Winery, $12-15, +$25 for brunch, +$15 for kids brunch
12:00n-4:00 Chicago Modular Synth Meet at Empty Bottle, BYO Modular Synth
12:00n-4:00 Papa’s Empanadas at Exit Strategy Brewing Co Forest Park
1:00 Open House: Open Decks at Golden Dagger
1:00 Unofficial Goose Pre-Show Shakedown at On Tour Brewing
2:00 Mark O'Connor at OTSFM Maurer Hall, $40, Crossing Bridges, A Retrospective on His Childhood Years in Music
2:00 Rosie & The Rivets at Broken Oar Port Barrington
2:00 Billy Denton at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles
2:00 Plank Road Folk Music Society Sing Around at Two Way Street Coffee House Downers Grove
2:30, 7:30 Pivotal Presented By Para.Mar Dance Theatre at Epiphany
3:00 Paper Machete at Green Mill
3:00 DJ Joe Shanahan at Gman Tavern
3:00 Mustard’s Last Stand at Sketchbook Skokie
4:00 David Hayes at Hey Nonny, Heyday Saturday Happy Hour
4:00 Metal Threat Fest 2023 at Brauer House Lombard, $60
4:00 The Barb and Barrett Show at Cary’s Lounge
4:00 Wayne Williams, Alan King, Deejay Alicia, Andre Hatchett at Promontory, $20, Spring Affair
4:00 Pot Pots Poutine Food Truck at Alter Brewing Downers Grove
4:30 Brian Krumm & His Barfly Friends with Rob Krumm and John Haugland at Montrose Saloon, Happy Hour Edition NOLA Night
5:00 Claire Corriveau at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
5:00 Nicole Nystrom at Church Street Brewing Company Itasca
5:00 Carnivore at Exit Strategy Brewing Co Forest Park
5:30 ? at Buddy Guy’s Legends
x 6:00 Beth Bombara at FitzGeralds Sidebar
6:00, 8:15 New Nostalgia at Andy’s, $15
6:00 Eric Hochberg Trio with Paul Marinaro at Catch 35
6:00 Gerry Haughey at Founder’s Room, Irish American Heritage Center
6:00 (7:00 ET) Maxwell at Hard Rock Live Gary IN, $145+
6:00 Outta The Loop at Hailstorm Brewing Tinley Park
6:00 Pierre Delignies-Calderón piano at Goodspeed Hall Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago
6:00 Joey Wilber at Miskatonic Brewing Darien
6:00 Jim Pedicone Band at The Wine Exchange St. Charles
x 6:30 Rachel Drew & Rob Newhouse at Exit Strategy Brewing Forest Park
6:30 North Star Boys at Avondale Music Hall, RSVP
6:30 Fiesta Cuba with DJ Roberton, dance class by Edson de Cuba at Epiphany, RSVP, Golden Hour
6:30 Geno Olson at J. Fleming’s Absolutely Delicious Westmont
6:30 Noah Gabriel at Preservation Bread & Wine Geneva
x 7:00 Western Elstons at Blue Island Beer Co Way Back
x 7:00 Asleep at the Wheel with Brennen Leigh, Joshua Hedley at Des Plaines Theatre, $49-89
x 7:00 Naomi Ashley & Jon Williams at Take Flight Spirits Skokie
7:00 Sonja Morgan at City Winery, sold out, waitlist
7:00 Sunny Day Real Estate, The Appleseed Cast at Metro, $38-40
7:00, 9:30 Ryan Davis at House of Blues, $36-56
7:00 Isn't it Strange, Prize Horse, Public Opinion, Virgin Mother, X Will Mark the Place at Cubby Bear, $12
7:00 Smiley Tillmon Band at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park
7:00 The Jukebox Heroes at Mrs Murphy’s
7:00 White Mystery, Neptune’s Core, Roof Dogs, MC Fred Armisen, DJ Jill Hopkins at House of Vans, RSVP
7:00 The Chad Willetts Quartet at Le Piano
7:00 Jordan Wankoff & Friends, Shared Calling by QCC Organizers at Second Unitarian Church, $10, Queer Contra
7:00 JP & Jenny at Shanahans Woodridge
7:00 All Night Boogie Band Funk, Soul, Blues at The Quarry Thornton
7:00 The Wildwoods, Wattle & Daub at Grayslake Village Hall, $15-18, Lake County Folk Club
7:00 (8:00 ET) Bruce Katz Band, Resurrection Blues Band at Acorn Theatre, $25-50
7:00 Electric Avenue 80s MTV Experience at Genesee Theatre Waukegan, $25
7:00 Cabaret ZaZou at Cambria Hotel, $85-225
7:00 Ceasedays & Dj Drip at Zoe’s Patio, Sacudelo
7:00 Karaoke at Sketchbook Evanston, Saturday Social
x 7:30 Chris Smither, Paul Cebar at Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton WI, $30
7:30 Joshua Hyslop at Hey Nonny, $18-35
7:30, 9:30 Bosman Twins Quintet at Winters Jazz Club, $28-33
7:30 Nora Jean Wallace Blues Band, Omar Coleman Blues Band at Kingston Mines, $20
7:30 Demko, Scoochie Boochie at Uncommon Ground Lakeview, $10
7:30 Jay Langston tribute to 90s Rock at Reclaimed Bar and Restaurant
7:30 Noahfinnce, Bears In Trees, Action/Adventure at Bottom Lounge, $20
7:30 ReTurn2Soul at Encore Little Gem Oak Park
7:30 Linda May Han Oh at Logan Center Performance Hall, University of Chicago, $10-40
7:30 Kishi Bashi at Harris Theater, $80, sold out
7:30 Marshall Charloff Purple Piano tribute to Prince at The Lyric Blue Island, $50-55
7:30 Leith Al-Saadi at Epiphany, $30-35
7:30 Heartache Tonight tribute to The Eagles at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Arlington Heights, $35
7:30 The Squirrels at James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theatre, College of Lake County, Grayslake, $8
x 8:00 The Belle Rangers, I Guess So, Richard Gans at Montrose Saloon, $10
x 8:00 Donna Adler and Kent Rose at Jarvis Square Pottery
x 8:00 Cosmic Country Showcase with Honey Harper, hosted by Andrew Sa at Cactus Club Milwaukee, $14-16
8:00 August Hotel, Seasaw, Holy Joke at Golden Dagger, $10
8:00 13 Tikis, Dick Satan Trio at Outta Space Berwyn, $10
8:00 Cryogeyser, Draag, Modern Nun at Empty Bottle, $13
8:00 Will Hoge, Molly O'Leary at SPACE Evanston, $25-45, sold out
8:00 The Arcadian Wild at The Venue Aurora, $20-3
8:00 Wormwitch, Graveripper, Carrion Throne, Selenoplexia at Reggies Music Joint, $15
8:00 Daisy The Great, Olive Klug at Beat Kitchen, $18
8:00 Jason Stein Trio at Judson & Moore, $12
8:00, 10:30 Ari Brown Quintet at Green Mill, $15
8:00, 10:00 Eric Schneider Quartet at Jazz Showcase, $30-45
8:00 Nina Dante, Erica Miller / Sam Scranton / Cooper Diers at Elastic Arts, $15, Pleiades Series
8:00 John Mellencamp at Chicago Theatre, $69-139
8:00 Goose at Salt Shed, sold out?
8:00 Straight Up With Stassi, Taylor Strecker at The Vic, $40
8:00 Bass Drum of Death, Dead Tooth at Cobra Lounge, $18
8:00 Superfrye at O’s Tap
8:00 The Quarantinis at Fifth Province Pub, Irish American Heritage Center
8:00 Ha*Ash at Rosemont Theatre, $37-227
8:00 Gerald McClendon, Lilly Rascal variété, followed by DJ Ankit at Untitled
8:00 Indika Reggae Band hosted by DJ G Sharp at Wild Hare, $15
8:00 Marbin at Whiskey Girl Tavern
8:00 King’s X, Sound & Shape at Arcada Theatre St Charles, $29-59
8:00 Thankful Dead at Teddy O’Brian’s Highwood
8:00 Fomites Tribute Show at Friendly Tap Berwyn
8:00 Nick Barnum Band at Toadstool Pub Highwood
8:00 Bruce In The USA at The Piazza Aurora, $25+
8:00 Members Only tribute to the 80s at Arlington Ale House Arlington Heights
8:00 FOCO at Broken Oar Port Barrington
8:00 Mad Bread at Celtic Knot Evanston
8:00 Serendipity, O.N.S.E.T. at Sideouts Sports Tavern Island Lake, $10, sold out
8:00 The Neighborhood at Pub 78 Brookfield
8:00 Superchair at Stadium Club McCook
8:00 Spun at Q Bar Darien, $8-15
8:00 Johnnie Miller at Beacon Tap Des Plaines
8:00 Lost Pyramids at Austin Community Tavern Steger, Pop-Up Thursday
8:00 Fuze Band at Jonny Cab’s Burr Ridge
8:00 The Simple Remedy, Gjak at The Studio Lockport
8:00 Made in September at Grandpa’s Place Glenview Lang Hall
8:00 Plank Road String Band Barn Dance at Two Way Street Coffee House Downers Grove
8:00 Irish Folk Jam with James Conway at Union Park Tavern, Kenosha WI
8:00 Trapper Schoepp Band at Kiki’s House of Righteous Music Madison WI, at capacity
8:00 DJs Alex Julian Leeds, Ali Najdi, Feral, Ayeeyo at Sleeping Village, $10-15, Disco Ball
8:00 Ruben Albarran DJ Set, Resistol 5000 at Distro Music Hall Berwyn, $35
8:00 9th Anniversary Customer Appreciation at Reed’s Local
8:00 Karaoke at Cafe Mustache
8:00 GreenRoom Improv with Dave Hunter, Matthew Aldis, Kerry Cox, Sam Barbaro, Christian Zierke, Miriam Naponelli, Jess Smith, Paul Gunsul, Erik Scheele at Raue Center for the Arts Crystal Lake, $9-20
8:00 Paul Reiser at Center Theatre at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Skokie, $38
x 8:30 Red Elvises at FitzGeralds Nightclub, $20
x 8:30 Judson Claiborne, Garden Parties at Hideout, $12-15
8:30 The Bridge: Pang, Sophie Agnel & Jim Baker at Constellation, $15
8:30 Pink Talking Fish tribute to Pink Floyd 'Dark Side of The Moon’, Super Creeps tribute to David Bowie at Park West, $20
8:30 Yolanda del Rio at Copernicus Center, $39-79
8:30 Face the Music, Infinity at Durty Nellies Palatine, $10
8:30 Valius at Quigley’s Naperville
8:30 Ola Timothy Band at Pollyanna Brewing St Charles
8:30 McLennon at Bar Evolution Batavia
x 9:00 Gerald Dowd Song of the Month Club turns One at FitzGeralds Sidebar
9:00 Field Guide, Cece Coakley, Reno Cruz at Schubas, $17-22
9:00 The Nude Party, Breanna Barbara at Lincoln Hall, $20-25, sold out
9:00 Rami Atassi's Cosmic Dance Band at Hungry Brain
9:00 Harry Garner Band at Harlem Avenue Lounge
9:00 John Primer at House of Blues Restaurant & Bar, $10
9:00 Derek Caruso & The Blues Fuse, ? at Buddy Guy’s Legends, $25
9:00 Daryl Nitz & George Howe at Davenports Piano Bar, $5
9:00 An American Prayer tribute to The Doors at Madcats, $5
9:00 Super Percy & The Soul Cliques at Honky Tonk BBQ
9:00, 11:00 Anthony Bruno Quartet at Dorian’s, $10
9:00, 11:00 Toronzo Cannon & The Chicago Way at Rosa’s, $15-25
9:00 Dolph Chaney & The Fins, Hotel Gouda at Gallery Cabaret
9:00 The Silos Young Band at Fuller’s Pub
9:00 The AC/DC Show tribute to AC/DC, Nightsnake tribute to Whitesnake at Bannerman’s Sports Grill Bartlett
9:00 Fool House 90s Dance Party at Joe’s Live Rosemont, $20
9:00 Stormy Chromer, Rado, The Dadhat Lofi Experiment at Mackey’s Hideout McHenry
9:00 Mysteria at Jesse’s Tavern Chicago Ridge
9:00 This End Up at Ballydoyle Downers Grove
9:00 InFunktious at Ballydoyle Aurora
9:00 Ray Eng, Mark Lojo at Rivers Casino Des Plaines
9:00 I Bet You Look Good Indie Dance Party at Subterranean, $20
9:00 Anna Morgan, Annika Wolfe, Chachi Guerrero, Composuresquad, La Spacer, Cqqchifruit, Leesh, Madeline, Miss Twink USA, Ariel Zetina, Parris, Physical Therapy, Rp Boo at Radius, sold out?, Boiler Room
9:00 Mamicana Con at Emporium Arcade Fulton Market
9:00 Invade the Arcade, Phreaky Bionick at Emporium Arcade Logan Square
9:00 Video WayBack “90s vs 00s” with MTV Gen DJs Rizky Business, Sean Doe at Emporium Arcade Wicker Park
9:30 Sixteen Candles at Joe's On Weed Street, $20
9:30 Diamondback at Carol’s Pub, $5
9:30 The Hat Guys at Bub City Rosemont
9:30 DJ Quin Kirchner at The Whistler
10:00 Daily Bread, Duffrey at Chop Shop, $34
10:00 Saving Grace at Firewater Saloon Edison Park
10:00 Deezyy, Drew The Kiiid at Cole’s Bar, $13
10:00 Minnesota, Zeke Beats, Ian Snow at Concord Music Hall, $18
10:00 Loudernow at 115 Bourbon Street Merrionette Park
10:00 Clayton Mann at Bub City Chicago
10:00 The 'Piano Party at Promontory, $10-30, Amapiano Night
10:00 Karol G DJ Night at The Forge Joliet, $20
10:00 Noizu, Muus at Prysm, $25-30
10:00 Riggi & Piros at Prysm No9, $20
10:00 Doctor P, Rico Mash, Sid Banger at Sound Bar, $15-20
10:00 Party Line at Giant Penny Whistle
10:00 Volac, Inphinity, Pods at Spybar, $25
10:00 Melanie Ribbe, Mars, NickyB, Avi at Primary Night Club, $36
10:00 Karaoke hosted by Sweet Melissa at Reed’s Local
10:30 Alejandro Salazar at Andy’s, $15
11:00 The Shakedown, C. Buns, Uncouth at Hideout, $5-10
11:00 Petra Van Nuis, Dennis "Deluxe" Luxon at Le Piano, After Glow Late Show
11:30 DJs Nook E.X. & Wes-Side at Teddy O’Brian’s
12:00m Michael Johnson, Michael Robinson at Reggies Comedy Shack
?:00 Nosha & Material at California Clipper, Material luv
?:00 Whiskey Road at Heroes West Lemont, $7+